Fig. 1

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells show lower expression of miR-296-5p. a The expression levels of miR-296-5p were lower in the NPC datasets from GSE32960. b An miRNA microarray analysis showed that miR-296-5p is differentially expressed between NPC and NP69 cells. c The miR-296-5p expression level was lower in NPC tissue samples compared with its level in paired normal nasopharyngeal tissue. d Real-time PCR confirmed that the expression level of miR-296-5p in NPC cell lines was significantly lower than in NP69 cells. *p < 0.05